Editing Yazoo City, Mississippi (section)

==Notable people==
*[[Haley Barbour]], former [[Governor of Mississippi]]
*[[J. F. Barbour III]], former [[List of mayors of Yazoo City, Mississippi|Mayor of Yazoo City]]<ref name='Herald-Ticket'>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=February 8, 1968 |orig-date= |title=Barbour gets on ticket as independent |script-title= |trans-title= |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/261314431/ |format= |editor1-last= |editor1-first= |editor1-link= |editor2-last= |editor2-first= |editor2-link= |editor3-last= |editor3-first= |editor3-link= |editor4-last= |editor4-first= |editor4-link= |editor5-last= |editor5-first= |editor5-link= |display-editors= |department= |work=The Yazoo City Herald |type= |series= |language= |volume= |issue= |edition= |location=Yazoo City, Mississippi |publisher= |publication-date= |agency= |page= |pages=1–2 |at= |no-pp= |arxiv= |asin= |bibcode= |doi= |isbn= |issn= |jfm= |jstor= |lccn= |mr= |oclc= |ol= |osti= |pmc= |pmid= |rfc= |ssrn= |zbl= |id= |access-date=January 16, 2023 |via=newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |quote=Jeppie Barbour, banker and Jaycee leader, last week qualified as an Independent candidate for Mayor in the Monday, April 1 Municipal General election. }}</ref>
*[[Alexander Boarman]], Yazoo City native served as [[List of mayors of Shreveport, Louisiana|mayor]] of [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], U.S. representative from [[Louisiana's 4th congressional district]], and as a federal judge for 35 years until his death in 1916.
*[[Thea Bowman|Sister Thea Bowman]], African American Catholic religious sister who was a notable Black Catholic leader in the second half of the 20th-century, considered a [[Servant of God]] by the Catholic Church, born in Yazoo City
*[[H. H. Brookins]], AME Bishop
*[[Willie Brown (American football)]], Oakland Raiders, NFL Hall of Fame
*[[Deondre Burns]] (born 1997), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]]
*[[Walter M. Chandler]], Republican member of the US House of Representative, [[New York's 19th congressional district|19th District of New York]]
*[[James Paul Clarke]], [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] and the [[List of Governors of Arkansas|18th]] [[Governor of Arkansas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/governors/the_progressive_era/clarke.aspx|title=James Paul Clarke (1895–1897)|publisher=Old State House Museum|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114101755/http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/governors/the_progressive_era/clarke.aspx|archive-date=November 14, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Jerry Clower]], famous country comedian who spent more than 30 years as a resident of the town before moving back to the area he was born, Liberty, Mississippi, in 1988. Many of Clower's comical stories mention Yazoo City.
*[[Fletcher Cox]], Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro defensive lineman
*[[Mike Espy]], Secretary of Agriculture (1993–94); U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd district of Mississippi (1987–93)
*[[Kaleb Eulls]], NFL Player
*[[W. C. Friley]], 19th-century Baptist clergyman in Yazoo City; later president of two Baptist colleges
*[[Kenneth Gainwell]], Running Back Philadelphia Eagles 2021 5th Round draft pick 150th overall. Cousin to [[Fletcher Cox]] 
*[[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]], film producer (''[[Die Hard]]'')
*[[Lynn Hamilton (actress)|Lynn Hamilton]], actress
*[[Michael Henderson]], R&B singer
*[[T. J. Huddleston, Sr.]], entrepreneur
*[[Wardell Jackson]], professional basketball player<ref name=baskref>{{cite web|title=Wardell Jackson|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jackswa01.html|website=Basketball-reference.com|access-date=5 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208142300/http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jackswa01.html|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Mary Johnson (singer)|Mary Johnson]], blues singer and one-time wife of [[Lonnie Johnson (musician)|Lonnie Johnson]]
*[[Tommy McClennan]], blues musician
*[[Patrick Claiborne Meagher]], member of the [[Mississippi House of Representatives]] (1916–1920)<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rowland |first=Dunbar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b8sGAQAAIAAJ |title=The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi |date=1917 |publisher=Department of Archives and History |pages=953 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[Mike Miley]], MLB player and [[Louisiana State University]] quarterback
*[[Lloyd Tevis Miller|L.T. Miller]], first medical director of the Afro-American Hospital and co-founder of the Mississippi Medical and Surgical Association
*[[William Joseph Mills]], Governor of the New Mexico Territory
*[[Willie Morris]], writer who grew up in Yazoo City
*[[Jerry Moses]], MLB player
*[[Norman Albert Mott]], member of the Mississippi Legislature (1911)
*[[Michael Passons]], "[[Contemporary Christian Musician]]", founding former member of the [[Christian music]] group [[Avalon (American group)|Avalon]]
*[[Robert Petway]], blues musician
*[[Joseph A. Redding]], US Army [[Major General (United States)|major general]] who commanded the [[39th Infantry Division (United States)|39th Infantry Division]] in the 1950s
*[[Stella Stevens]], actress
*[[Pecolia Warner]], 20th-century quiltmaker
*[[James Wheaton]], actor, spent his adolescent years in Yazoo City, and graduated from high school there
*[[Zig Ziglar]], personal development speaker and trainer